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CyberLink Hi-Def Suite released with HLDS GGW-H10N
CyberLink Corp. announced recently that its Hi-Def Suite was released with HLDS GGW-H10N, a universal drive supporting Blu-ray Discs and HD DVDs. The combined solution lets users play high-definition..

Consoles: PS3 - General discussion: Run Ubuntu Linux 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) on PS3 - Tutorial
Latest post to a thread “Run Ubuntu Linux 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) on PS3 - Tutorial” has been made by OmriSama at 1 July 2007 01:36

TVersity 0.9.10.5
The Universal Media Server for Home and Internet Content. TVersity can handle almost any media format and streaming protocol whether it is coming from your home network or the Internet including live and on-demand Internet streams. Stream everything directly to your networked TVs, DVDs, Stereo Receivers, Digital Media Adapaters/Receivers, Xbox 360, Mobile Phones, Satellite, Cable set-top-boxes, Mobile Phones, PDAs, Sony PSP, PS3, iTunes/iPod and more.

Consoles: Xbox 360 - General discussion: Media Suggestions
Latest post to a thread “Media Suggestions” has been made by duboy1 at 1 July 2007 01:30

Consoles: Nintendo Wii - General discussion: GUIDE — HOW TO PROTECT FROM REGION BRICK
Latest post to a thread “GUIDE — HOW TO PROTECT FROM REGION BRICK” has been made by asetianto at 29 June 2007 23:05

TVersity 0.9.10.5
The Universal Media Server for Home and Internet Content. TVersity can handle almost any media format and streaming protocol whether it is coming from your home network or the Internet including live and on-demand Internet streams. Stream everything directly to your networked TVs, DVDs, Stereo Receivers, Digital Media Adapaters/Receivers, Xbox 360, Mobile Phones, Satellite, Cable set-top-boxes, Mobile Phones, PDAs, Sony PSP, PS3, iTunes/iPod and more.

Is That Doll Gonna Kill Me?
Slate - After all, 2600 Magazine , which is media in the exact same sense Slate is, lost its case (linking to the DeCSS software). Furthermore, DeCSS has a very important non-infringing use: to allow Linux users who legally purchased a DVD to play it on their

DVD burning breakthrough
Video Business - The studios also originally sought to have conventional DVD players incorporate an enhanced form of CSS authentication that would have plugged a hole in the system exploited by many popular hacking programs, such as DeCSS. Hardware and PC makers

Is Linking To Pirated Content A Liability?
WebProNews - Remeirdes case, which held that linking to DeCSS violated 17 USC 1201 because the link constituted “trafficking” in illegal technology. 3) While there are no clear rules about liability for linking to infringing content, many of the cases appear to

Hacker s high-def gift
Video Business - The basic approach with BackupHDDVD is not all that different from DeCSS, the first widely distributed crack of the CSS-encryption used on standard DVDs. Like BackupHDDVD, DeCSS works by uncovering the decryption keys and using them to create

GMER v1.0.13.12540
GMER is an application that detects and removes rootkits.

Avi -> Smaller size
I’m going to play on pc

How can you automatically correct White Balance in Video?
ohh right, thats sounds cool. but with HDR AGC, does it do the job automatically, besides the fact of the little tweaking?

Digital camcorders that have analog pass-thru & TBC
How is this tested then? I am thinking of upgrading my miniDV camcorder to a new Canon HV20 which has av input. I do also have a JVC HR-S7700 VCR with built in TBC. Should I switch off the VCR TBC and see if the results are better when capturing with the camcorder compared to capturing with my TV-card with JVC TBC turned on? Could be nice wi…

Question: Freeware AVI To MPEG-2 Batch Encoder?
Yes, that is where the AVS file exists. My AVS file is as follows: AVISource("C:\Torrent Downloads\Sliders Season 1\Sliders 1×03 Fever.avi", false) LanczosResize(720,480,0,0,576,432) My HC .ini file is as follows: *INFILE d:\video.tools\hc.encoder.v0.21\HC.ini *OUTFILE "C:…

Converting raw DV format into a quicktime or MPEG format
Well, at least this thread is good at demonstrating the talents of a lot of smart people. Great info regardless.

Anachronistic or discontinous timestamps in Virtualdub
how can it be fixed?an what excatly is wrong?

GOM Player 2.1.6.3499
GOM Player is a free multimedia player with popular video and audio codecs built-in. GOM Player supports file formats such as AVI, DAT, MPEG, DivX, XviD, WMV, ASF and more. Users dont have to install codecs separately. GOM Player is capable of playing incomplete or damaged AVI files by skipping the damaged frames. It can also play broken, locked or partially downloaded files.

Compressing digital camera video
For video, you could try doubling the bitrate. Maybe it’s way too much, maybe the app won’t use all of that bitrate, but the result will be better. The adviced ‘Best’ bitrate is based on somewhat quality input, so you may need more to preserve what is there in the ‘miserable’ source. Also have a look at the Options tab: Turn off Constant bitrate a…

K3b 1.0.2
K3b was created to be a feature-rich and easy to handle CD and DVD burning application. Author VCD 1.1, 2.0, SVCD CD-i support, DVD Ripping and DivX/XviD encoding, DVD copy.

Safari for Mac OS X v3.0.2 Beta
Safari is a Web Browser from Apple. It includes everything you'd expect from a modern browser: tabbed browsing, rss support, security features, etc, plus a couple of new features too..

Company or Topic: Applied Materials
CNET News - Engineers have built a portable device that can simulate the effects of a category-three hurricane in order to test the structural integrity of building materials. Who Isn’t Afraid of Google? ( Slashdot ) - Sunday, May 13, 2007 An anonymous reader

HD DVD/Blu-ray Decryption Key Widely Posted Online
Information Week - Evidently having forgotten failed efforts to suppress DeCSS — code that decrypts DVDs — the AACSLA has been sending Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notices to blog service providers like Google in an effort to erase its number from the Web